Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-26
San Francisco Letter.
Especial Correspondence.]

San francisco Letter.
Especial Correspondence.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 20, 1887.
A city that is built on a hill
cannot be hid" and there is a very
prevalent opinion entertained by the
relatives of the late Anna Sker- |
rett, who died recently in London,
that San Francisco, which stands upon
many hills, should have been very Wis
ible to her minds eye and troublesome |
to her conscience, when, ignoring her
own kith and kin, she left $l1 600
worth of property, in and around this
city, to the revered but English Cardi-
nal Manning, in trust for certain char
tiles in the Modern Babylon" Lon
don, they reason, is sufficiently rich to
take care of its own poor, while some OF
the disinherited relatives complain
that they have not enough to provide
for themselves. Like Oliver Twist
they hunger for more. They think
that charity begins, and should end, at
home, and if the law gives them any
encouragement they will dispute the
bequest with London paupers.
A printed notice that vaccination
may and must be had free, posted in
public places in the city, draws crowds
of people, young and old, every day to
the office OF the Board of Health. The
joyful alacrity with which many of
them press into the operating room,
and the painful reaction of spirits
which they evince when they are in
vited to bare their arms for the prick
of the lancet seem to indicate that
they had fancied that the word "vacci-
nation" meant something good to eat.
This disappointment does not make
the ordeal any easier to bear, but all
the children have to submit to it, and
an average of 240 shrill little voices
are raised in shrieking protest every
twenty-four hours.
The ladies connected with the San
Francisco Frui. and Flower Mission
say that at no time in the existence OF
their work has the floral wealth and
beauty of California, and the adjacent
States shown evidence Of greater
abundance than now. The rooms are
: fragrant with blossoms and rich with
tempting juicy fruit, such as the soil
and climate of the Pacific coast alone
: can produce. The Mission is able,
) more literally than ever, to supply to
3 almshouses, hospitals and other places
where the inmates are debarred from
e standing face to face with nature
D things grateful to the parched palate
! and cheering to the weary eye; and II
2 causes no surprise to the givers to find
i that a rose or lily is often taken by
: a rough hand with greater pleasure
q than a peach or bunch of grapes
q al eat the fruit at once" said a cripple
o to one of the missionaries, but Cal
q watch the flower until it fades"
a Sixty thousand visitors have beer
e booked in the East for the Pacifi
l. Coast States this season, and alread.
70 their advance guards are beginning t.
e arrive in San Francisco, and the cit.
D. is donning her holiday garb to welcom
them, hoping that many will remain
,e here, but prepared to Hospitality entel
A. tain all, whether birds OF passage
:. permanent settlers. She will sho'
= them some interesting novelties, ant
o. not the least among them, the Lea
" Glove Factory, which is the large'
,e and best appointed establishment
70 its kind in the world. Contrary to a
f. precedent Qor great manufacture
xe are usually averse to allowing the pul
n. lie to inspect their works. the buildin
d. is thrown open and inside may I
". seen scores of young ladies who, wit
b deft fingers, are Transforming the skin
he of deer, antelope and kid into glove
h. gauntlets and mittens, and causir
one to wonder what the thousands
Oh hands they will soon cover are doir
" to-day. Among the mechanical CO
Al. trivances are an improved printil
r. machine for branding the gloves, al
,st an electrical engine that runs all Il
ed sewing machines in the factory. I'll
m. engine is small enough for she
IN. litter, with large cloak, to carry aw
All under her arm, but she would be stric
ec. senseless, as by lightning from t
ID heavens, before she reached the dool
in Charles Heidsieck, of champag
+ a celebrity, is at present in San Fra
81 cisco and speaks very flatteringly
90 the wine prospects of California, whit
,ol. he thinks, is peculiarly adapted to
ia production of red wines, but he &C
I'D. that the white wines are more like
int vintages Of the Rhine than anythi
else he has tasted outside of German
ved He does not think that the manuf
yho ture of champagne has interfered W
500 the same industry in France.
ter. A bath proprietor in this city
ntil cued from death, q few days ago, a
ent. who had ventured into deep wa'